#C8A856#C8A856

#C8A856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A856
RGB	rgb(200, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 1.81, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 46.13, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0032 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.108 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5035, 40.9586, 14.6274)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A856 #5676C8

analogous

#C86F56 #C8A856 #AFC856

triadic

#C8A856 #56C8A8 #A856C8

tetradic

#C8A856 #56C86F #5676C8 #C856AF

square

#C8A856 #56C86F #5676C8 #C856AF

split-complementary

#C8A856 #56AFC8 #6F56C8

monochromatic

#7B6428 #AA8937 #C8A856 #D7C084 #E6D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C8A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C8A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A856

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A856	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc188',
    500: '#c8a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a856;
$custom-light: #dbc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A856

secondary

#A5B3D4

accent

#75DA4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A856

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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